Ruston Kelly Quotes

It's not just about getting a song on the radio or appearing on television. It really is about helping people change their lives one day at a time.

You probably can overcome what you're going through from listening to my music.

I don't want to be some extreme therapist. Although seeing someone's life change for the better is a really moving thing.

When I say 'art healed me,' it really healed me!

Strong role models and unconditional love can heal even the most emotionally impoverished person, and that goes for adults as well as youngsters.

Music became a healer for me.

Maybe what I'm trying to do is heal others. I think what we're trying to do in theater is heal someone.

Self-care is the number one solution to helping somebody else. If you are being good to yourself and your body and your psyche, that that serves other people better because you will grow strong enough to life someone else up.

So, we have choice, and sometimes it seems very hard, but the best way to heal physically or emotionally is to keep positive.

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

It's incredibly rewarding to have people come up to me at readings and say, 'I'm not Chinese, but this is the relationship I have with my mother.' Or say, 'Your book made me think a lot about my parents, and I've decided to sign up for counseling.' That is mind-boggling.

I'm so thankful that I had music to turn to in the dark times and be able to understand myself through it.

You're as sick as your secrets, and my whole life was a secret, so it's just... it's been really healing, and I've found a lot of inner peace by just owning everything and moving forward from there.

I've had a lot of therapy in my life.

I think music - it sounds cliche, but music can be very healing.

We see what music can do for people. Hell, we see what music does for us! When you see thousands of people out in front of you, it's fixing their lives. It's helping. It's healing. It's bigger than the inconvenience of jealousy or emotional storm clouds.

I set out to make music people enjoy, but it is really cool that it is helping people get through.

I said that love heals from inside.

We do not heal the past by dwelling there. We heal the past by living in the present.

Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.

Be patient with yourself. Don't make the loss harder by thinking you should be a certain way, or have bounced back, etc.

You can be healed of depression if every day you begin the first thing in the morning to consider how you will bring a real joy to someone else.

Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change.

I do not understand how deeply people seem to like my work - but I love that people feel I have helped them through hardships, and also have shared my experience of living a more spiritual and present life. It's so great to be able to make people laugh, because this is so often how we get our selves back.

Forgiveness leads to a shift in perception. It transforms the hurt into healing.